Terrified by a dog in graveyard captures four men
In a Pittsburgh district cemetery four young men faced a fierce dog guarding a vault after a social club meeting. They climbed a tomb roof to escape, spent three hours there while the dog barked and a cemetery worker arrived to escort them out. The tale blends superstition and urban danger with a humorous quip about cemetery routes.
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Alleghany County
East End
Burying Ground
City of the Dead
Old Graveyard
Pittsburg
Frightened Passengers and a Ticketless Rider on a Train
A New Jersey Central conductor on duty displays stern routine while off duty he jokes and clashes over fare. A passenger refuses to pay before reaching the journey’s end, provoking a heated exchange aboard the car that alarms fellow travelers.
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New Jersey Central
Ess
New York Herald
George Bidwell’s Granddaughter Story Told at Palace
George Bidwell the ticket-of-leave man who served fifteen years for Bank of England robbery is weekly a topic at the Palace. He and his brother Austin, who served nineteen years for complicity in the game robbery, were seen with A Low and others last night. He recounted a touching tale about Puritan ancestorship and his granddaughter asking if he stole a bag of gold, illustrating the conflict between her lessons and his past.
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George Bidwell
Dartmoor
Bank of England
Palace
Austin
Chatham
Rotunda
A. Low
San Francisco Examiner
Curious British Army Button Collection for Sale
A Canadian collector has assembled 148 officer buttons from every regiment and department of the British army over nine years. He sent 584 letters worldwide in pursuit of the hobby and has offered the collection to the National Museum authorities. The rarity prompts attention from curators and bidders alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum
Globe
London
Aged Baptist Elder Seen Prompting Thoughtful Inquiry
A venerable Baptist elder, famed for intellectual vigor, ventured to ask a probing question about practical faith and daily conduct, prompting reflection on belief, duty, and spiritual understanding within the community.
Quotation Mosaic on Life and Society
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes touches on judgment thrift and bold claims. It notes Brooklyn origin Breuckelen and a whale back steamer for the World fair with other curiosities. The piece ends with two short vignettes about a bootblack and a whistling newsboy.
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Claims Rapid Relief
A trimmed advertisement touts a "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia promising radical relief in one to three days. It asserts the remedy removes the cause and delivers immediate benefits to the system, claiming swift, dramatic healing.
The Coming Light and Local Notices From the Era
A medley of rural progress and social anecdotes spans electric light dreams to W C T U events. Observations on perpetual illumination, local gossip about a village wife at a convention, divorce ease in midwest cities, and notes on spectacles and lighthouse life mix with testimonials on remedies and salves from Daugherty Bros and Hildebrand.
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East Aurora
W.C. T.U
Utica
N. Y
Indiana Beautiful A Growthy West Indiana Town Prospect
Wilson Sutton Clark's Addition to West Indiana presents Indiana and West Indiana as a thriving borough with 5,000 residents, abundant water and gas, electric lighting, three daily trains, major schools, churches, hotels, diversified manufacturing, and strong investment returns for builders and renters.
Industrial growth along the Indiana railroad corridor site
The plot hosts two machine shops and agricultural implement manufactories, a new large woolen mill, three planing mills, two large flour mills using roller process, a tannery, and three banks with capital. When finished it will employ 125 people. Previously fields near West Indiana, this land lies between town segments by the railroad, near the Normal School and fair grounds, close to schools, depot, churches, and features natural southward drainage.
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United States
Normal School
West Indiana Public School
Reliable remedy for bowel complaints urged for summer use
As heat arrives, families should keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand for instant relief. A 25 or 50 cent bottle is recommended for even severe cases, described as reliable and pleasant to take, sold by Daugherty Bros in Indiana Pa and Wm. I. Moore in Homer City.
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Ft. Madison
Iowa
John Roth
Daugherty Brose
Qiaets Pa
Wm. I. Moore
Homer
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Homer City
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DGG
Labouchere
Foreign Office
Washington
Legation
Mr. Labouchere
Europe
Queenstown
New York
New England
Maryland
Virginia
Worcester County
New York Sun
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama
Auburn
A. F. McKissick
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
U.S
Odds and Ends
Brooklyn
Breuckelen
Holland
Bismarck
Wrhen
Heidelberg
Blumenbach
Germany
Gardiner
Arno
Tivoli
Rome
Campagna
Lookout Mountain
Oase Square
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Daugherty Broa
Dodgeson
Worcester College
Alessandro di Spina
Loren Trescott
Gov. Lighthouse
Band Beach
Mich
Ome
Detroit
Buckien
T. E. Hildebrand
W. V. Lucas
Ndiana
Azs
West
Wilson, Sutton & Clark
Indiana, PA
Paly
Albion
Liberty Avenue
A TZ Murphy
D. J. Callows
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